#Also you've introduced me to a new ship XD

[altraviolet]

Having finished both MTMTE and Lost Light, I, TEG -> MTMTE anon, am back again with more impressions!

I got really good perspective on how truly stupid Soundwave choosing the Scavengers as his tools of ship takeover was. I thought it couldn't get worse than the Lost Light crew, but the Scavengers have proven me wrong.

Reading TEG, I couldn't tell if Ultra Magnus and Megatron were meant to be a couple, and I'm glad to learn that according to the Holiday Special, canon Rodimus couldn't tell either.

It's impressive how you've managed to replicate MTMTE's narration style with the Firestar story. It really felt like a MTMTE-style adventure especially with the constant switching back and forth between scenes at the most interesting moment that had me losing my mind reading both MTMTE and TEG.

I am definitely going to reread TEG some time after because I'm soooo interested in how my perception of the characters is going to change, especially Whirl. Whirl's development in the comics had a particularly strong impact on me, and learning more about him certainly paints his aggression towards Soundwave in TEG in a new light. The Lost Light is not only his home, but also the thread that holds him together. And man is it heartbreaking to now recognize his behavior in TEG as a relapse. Without the comic, I struggled to see Whirl as anything more than the average bully.

Thanks again for introducing me to this wonderful story and for doing it justice with your sequel!

Hello again TEG -> MTMTE anon! :D!

1- I thought it couldn't get worse than the Lost Light crew, but the Scavengers have proven me wrong.

bahaha yes xD their whole thing is being the worst Decepticons in the universe... an extra lol for the reader that knows that- they know SW could never get what he wanted out of the Scavengers :D

2- Ultra Magnus and Megatron

haha yesssss ok ok so to be honest, I don't like that pairing very much. however, that doesn't stop me from putting it in a story if I think it fits. and in this case, I thought keeping it ambiguous was appropriate. the people who like the pairing would see it there and be happy, and the people won't don't like it or don't care don't see anything explicit going on there. so it's all good!

3- It's impressive how you've managed to replicate MTMTE's narration style with the Firestar story.

thanks! those quick back and forth cuts, like a movie, hehe :D glad you enjoyed!

4- Whirl

yesssss and I hope you enjoy your reread! Whirl canonically has a "relapse," but, like in LL #25, his friends Tailgate and Cyclonus are there for him <3

thanks for stopping by again! as always, it's a pleasure to read your thoughts! =)

[the-final-sif]

re: the dreblr shipping poll, here's a list of my c!Dream ships off the top of my head. I'm not a big shipper when it comes to the stuff I create, just 'cause I tend to focus on platonic stuff. But in general, I tend to be cool with any ship as long as the story/idea surrounding it is interesting, but there are some dynamics that I think are more interesting than others.

c!Dream x c!George (c!dnf) - Both very fucked up & I love that for them. Great h/c potential, most likely of the c!Dream ships to end up canon. Let cc!Dream have his villain boyfriends he deserves them! >:(

c!Dream x c!Sapnap (c!dreamnap) - Excellent angst, very funny if they end up together post-prison b/c c!Quackity just cannot get a break. Lots of interesting dynamics throughout their storylines.

c!Dream x c!Fundy - Shortlived but very funny, I enjoy this ship but I also like them as really awkward exes. Becomes 5x funnier with c!Wilbur being Fundy's dad.

c!Dream x c!Punz - It's them against the world!!! I like them no matter what dynamic they have, but I do think romantic has some excellent angst in there, and a good deal of comedy.

c!Dream x c!Techno (c!Dreamnoblade) - The concept of these two idiots managing to get into a romantic relationship is absolutely absurd. 10/10 for miscommunication potential, with an added bonus of the rest of the server's reaction.

c!Dream x c!Wilbur (c!Dreambur) - Lots of great routes this can go, from angst, to horror / thriller, to the amazing humor of c!Tommy finding out his brother has decided to get with c!Dream. Great dynamic, excited for it to be confirmed they canonically fucked and for cc!Wilbur to say their relationship is open to interpretation and that the sex was a part of both of their character's competitive nature.

c!Dream x c!Quackity - Excellent horror / thriller pair, fucked up no matter how you look at it. I want to see them ruin each other.

c!Dream x c!Sam (c!Awesamdream) - Hey cc!Sam? Hey. Hey. Hey cc!Sam? Why does your character want to own men so badly? Why was there glass? Why scrapbook? Please explain the words you've said. I have. Questions. Thoughts. The general desire to kinkshame. Good dynamic 10/10.

c!Dream x DreamXD - Listen, DreamXD is canonically a god who liked Dream's look enough to steal it. Their relationship is incredibly weird, and I cannot think of anything funnier than finding out XD has a crush on the guy he's kinning.

c!Dream x c!Philza (c!Dreamza) - The beauty of this ship was recently introduced to me by the dreblr poll itself. The sheer comedy of c!Wilbur needing to emotionally deal with c!Dream being his new step-dad, to say nothing of anyone else's reaction, makes this the best ship on the list. I don't even need them to actually be dating, I just need the server to be convinced they're dating. I've broken down laughing about this idea 4 times now. Absolute gold.

[worstloki]

i love the loki fandom because there are so many sides and each one feels like a whole new brick to the face

[fangirlwriting-stories]

I am back here to sent you my regards for some stuff you've done that I've only gotten around to rereading relatively recently.

The Thomceit and Dukemas stories were great, the sequel of the former made me laugh a lot (Remus and Patton are such great friends and kind of an odd couple too—like, when I think about the fact that in current canon Remus and Patton in that order are in fact Janus's only friends, I did not think about how that would look like if all three hung out together… and did not know I absolutely needed to see it until you put it out there, well done, it seems I found yet another platonic ot3) while the sequel to the later was the one to introduce me to a new ship, apparently (guess if I want to stop shipping stuff I should try and not be such a multishipper xD)

Anyway, your latest platonic anxceit story tore at my heartstrings a lot, it was great. Also the Remus and Patton from your Thomceit storyline are now either oblivious or secretly dating in my head and I won't apologize for that headcanon /hj

I have more to say, but I don't think I can articulate it well right now, so later it is!

"Read More" anon

Aaaaaaaa thank you! I feel you on the multishipper thing. In fact, I was just driving home from work one day when my brain spat sudden dukemas at me. It made the day rather interesting.

Patton and Remus having a mutual friend in Janus that they originally have to keep it together for and then somehow accidentally falling in love on the way is my absolute favorite Intruality dynamic. It hits them both out of nowhere and they’re just as surprised as everyone else.

[kuvvydraws]

I'm not sure if you've answered this question already, but I'm honestly very curious- why do you write fanfiction? I certainly enjoy it as much as you and have written a few things of my own, but I know it can be quite a personal topic for many writers. If it's too personal for you, don't feel any pressure to answer, but it's always interesting to see the writer's perspective outside of the story they've written :). I hope you understand what I'm trying to say-

Hey!

I actually enjoy the words and the rush your brain gets when they join without effort to create a reality.

Now, let me break that down XD

I've always had a book in my hands as far as my memory goes. My dad used to read to me when I was very little and from the second I could do it on my own, that was the best thing ever (yes, that means when I was punished for doing some shit, my books were taken away and I had to sneak them into my schoolbag and read in class like a heathen).

Not only I enjoyed books but I always found myself wanting to partake in the stories, and my brain was always running with the words and the scenes. (I discovered during my teenage years that brains have different ways to process thoughts and mine did it in words, so writing just sort of came naturally to me at that point in my life).

I discovered ffnet when I was 12, I think, but I had tried my hand at original works (that is, about five or six starts of different novels that never saw the light) and some "fanfiction" (about Nightmare Before Christmas because I had a big ass crush on Jack and I unassumingly created my first xReader ever) without knowing what the hell I was doing.

I just knew I wanted to write stuff and I did as much.

The thing is, I introduced one of my friends, who also loved to read and write, to ffnet, and we started writing together. The first thing we wrote was a Sesshomaru x OC fic, the second one was a Sasori x OC fic, and we dipped out toes into some Kuroshitsuji x OC...... all of them handwritten stories we promised we would type in a computer eventually (we didn't, they were horrible [I still have the notebooks we used for each of them and they are cringey as fuck]).

But we wrote for ourselves and we were happy like that.

So we were rampant and wild and having the best time. Back then I still wrote in Spanish (because I hardly knew any English and I didn't care for it), and I remember mixing Spain's Spanish with the ones from South America because obviously the percentage of writers in ffnet who used a different "dialect" Spanish was huge if you compare a single, tiny country with a whole continent.

At the same time I wrote with my friend, I wrote for myself. Naruto, Kuroshitsuji, Bleach, Hetalia.... And I met so many people, nice people, who loved my works (they were random fics, all of them x OC because I didn't know x Reader ones were a thing -they weren't at that time, and x Reader are harder to write in Spanish because all the words and pronouns are gendered one way or another-) and I got so much enjoyment from sharing them.

The thing about books I love the most is the fact that you can convey so many emotions with a few symbols, and you can create worlds out of ink and you can change views and inspire others. So, if none of my dumbass teenage novels were to roam the word, I still could share, in a free, open and fast way, my words with others.

Again, I was going to write them with or without posting them because I found -and still find- great pleasure when a scene creates itself in your brain and all you have to do to make it real is to write it down. (Sometimes my brain still does this and even when I'm daydreaming, my imagination is "written, described and dialogued" as if someone was reading a novel out loud. It makes writing so much easier).

And then I got hate.

I somehow had managed to miss all of the fandom drama that's so toxic in the internet because I didn't bother to interact with anyone in the fandoms beyond the reviews they left in my fics, and ffnet has a -sort of- specific search engine to help you find whatever you want, so I could never willingly find the "problematic stuff" because I was literally not trying to find it.

The hate comment I got was anonymous and very specific about everything that was wrong in a particular fic I had just updated -from plot and characterization to grammar and continuity-, and later on I discovered it came from a couple of authors who shared an account and who I admired greatly for their works. Turns out they were out for blood and hating on every fic that had updated that week and that had any members of their OTP shipped with some other character. (It was a Hetalia fanfic, I was writing SpUK and they were pro FrUk, if anyone is interested).

I was contacted by some other authors asking about this because they had gone through the very same thing -same specific hate, same hate comment- and I remember not giving a fuck.

I was 16 when I got the hate, writing for fun and trying to find a way to go through my shitty highschool days without falling into the black out of depression that haunted me. I remember not wanting to write anything anymore, leaving a fic I was very invested in writing to gather dust and rot in the forgotten folders of my computer because every time I tried to get on with it and progress, it felt wrong.

That thing I said about words just happening? It stopped. My brain was silent as a grave and trying to get my words out became painful. I remember struggling to even write regular project for my school.

I kept reading, of course -it was my only comfort and I really, really didn't want to give up on it-, but I abandoned the fandoms I enjoyed so much before. My new focus became the sci-fi, and I remember being hooked on Predator. Imagine my joy when I discovered there were thousands of works from that fandom! I was extasic.

Problem? They were written in English.

I didn't know shit about English besides being a language I was supposed to handle in school, memorize the unreasonably spelt words that were pronounced illogically regarding the fucking spelling and the stupid ass irregular verbs.

But I learnt English because I wanted a hot piece of alien ass XD

Back to the topic of fanfics, I still roamed ffnet, keeping 15 tabs open and reading until 5 am... But now there was a world of possiblities in front of me because of course everyone on this goddamn Earth writes in English.

So, for the next years I did that, and my words didn't come. It was fine, tho, because I had so many new things to read.

It wasn't until fall of 2018 that I dabbed into the idea of maybe considering to perhaps give writing a try again????? I was neck deep into Undertale -still am, I'm a shameless skeleton fucker and there's no cure for that shit- and its many AU's and somehow I had managed to avoid fandom wars again, so my brain started toying with words... The same way it worked with novels: I got myself into the fics other people wrote (this is so much easier to do with x Reader fics, and I'm so happy about that and the massive boom they had just when Undertale came out, you can't even understand it).

So I kept doing my shit and daydreaming about skeletons and ribs and ecto-stuff for a very long time. It was kinda reassuring and nice to see other writers projecting on their x Readers so much because that's what I had done before.

And then Good Omens happened.

As I've said before, I actually discovered Gomens back in 2012 and it is, to the date, the worst translation to Spanish I've seen in my entire life to this date. And, despite it, I fell in love with it.

Now, barely in 2019, my dad gets Amazon Prime and the first thing he fucking sees is the font of Gomens on the screen. I had fangirled hard about Gomens in book version, so much and so annoyingly that I wouldn't leave my dad alone until he gave it a chance. It's the only book my father hasn't finished because the translation is that bad. He hates it.

Yet.

The particular font they use for the show is the same from the book's title. My dad of course recognized it immediately and knew I would want in on the news.

I confess I watched Gomens the show at least seven times before giving it a break because I liked it so much and the novel was so fucking good and it's honest to God the best adaptation I've ever seen to the screen. It's so good I'm fucking sure I was crying actual tears after watching it for the first time because my dreams and all the feelings that book had given me over the years and the many re-reads were "true" and so well done and it reached deep into my heart.

And then, for the first time in six years, my words came back.

Another thing Good Omens has given me, I have to say.

I don't know if I can stress this enough, but just imagine spending six years of radio silence, sending longing stares to the void and hoping to see something yours returning back, something you've lost and you're not sure you're getting back, something you think you don't need or want but that would be nice to have again. If only. You can live without that something, and no one but you cares about it, and it's not that big of a deal and-

Then you see a spark in the dark.

My words came back.

They weren't in Spanish, and it was hard to manage them at first, only being able to listen to them in short bursts over long periods of time.

But they were my words and they were back.

Writing is still hard, and I have a lot of work to do to improve my skills, to get them not only back but to refine them because I'm not writing in my native language and all I know is what I've learnt from other authors and their knowledge. I project a lot on my projects -I don't intend to stop because it's such a relief, the biggest scape from reality I get by doing so; it helps me deal with my problems, it gives me a break and a way to take a breath when I can't keep going...

Fanfics are where I can say what I want to say to the world in the most honest way, and that allows me to be me, and to express myself and indulge in the fantasies I dream about without having to force myself to think of them over and over and over. I can just sit back and enjoy content I know I like without being judged for it.

I can fucking make that content, too.

Writing feels like home, even if sometimes I still struggle, if I can't find my words or the expression is not quite like that in English, or if I can't find the words or if I'm suffering a block... because there's nothing scarier and more free than a blank page ready to be written.

[takaraphoenix]

Now that you've watched the Originals, what is your OTP, your NOTP and all the other ships you like/hate? Also, I'm really sorry about not waiting for you to rant about it, but like it's really bugging me having to wait. Also your favourite characters please. And yes I know that that's waaaayyy too many asks at once and for that I'm really sorry. Also I 💘 Klaus. And I love seeing daddy Klaus with Hope. I'm really sorry if I gave you any spoilers, I just thought that you might've finished it.

*laughs* It’s okay. xD

But I’ve been watching The Originals since the first episode aired, not just now. The Mikaelsons were probably the singlularly best new thing Vampire Diaries had introduced past season 1. I was squealing when they first announced that Klaus would get his own spin-off show (with his siblings, but whatever).

OTP:

KLAROLINE FOR LIFE, MY DUDE. Klaus Mikaelson belongs to Caroline Forbes. That is one of my hardest canon OTPs throughout shows. I love them so much.

NOTP:

Klaus and that psychiatrist. It’s just, urgh. As friends, okay, it’d have been nice for Klaus to have friends. But they just didn’t fit at all.

General ships:

Marcel/Rebekah - I swear, they’re cute and tragic

Elijah/Hayley - I mean, I generally don’t like Hayley, but I like the way they’re together

Kol/Davina - while not oooverly invested in them, I thought they were generally cute

Josh/Aiden - I liked the canon gays! :O

Freya/Keelin -  I mean, I need to see more of them together as an actual couple.

Generally, as you can see, this is a show where the canon ships are actually really good sells. I like them. Heck, I like the whole show. It’s so good. I hate that it’ll end soon, I hate them for ending it. It could keep going! *whines*

My favorite characters are Freya and Klaus.

Klaus is… Klaus is everything. He’s the kind of character I really enjoy because it’s refreshing. He just kills and murders people. Which, does sound a little awkward, but he’s a fucking vampire. I’m kind of tired of the romanticizing of vampires, of neutering them into tame little puppies who drink from blood-bags and protect humans. What the fuck. They’re natural predators, we’re food. Stop it. Give me a ruthless vampire who kills when it’s convenient and doesn’t have a moral melt-down over it. A vampire who drinks blood from humans, because that’s where it comes from. A vampire who uses his powers for his own gain, because that’s what he has them for. I love it all. And still he is not a purely evil character - he’s morally gray, a very dark gray but still a gray. Most of what he does, he does to protect his family and keep them together.

Freya was a great addition to the show. I love me a powerful witch. I love how she had to find her place in the family and earn their trust.